Plantago major

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Plantago major - common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed

cart-track plant, common plantain, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, broad-leaved plantain

plantain - any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

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major, also known as broadleaf plantain or greater plantain, is a member of the Plantaginaceae family, which is now widely dispersed throughout the world, though native to much of Europe as well as northern and central Asia.

Plantago major

The target of their zeal was brown knapweed, a thistle-like plant that some might mistakenly identify as a broadleaf plantain, according to Shelby Braese, an AmeriCorps service learning coordinator working with the land trust for the next 10 months.

Volunteers pull together on behalf of preserve; Invasive plants at Wendemuth

For example, the appearance of a few broadleaf plantain plants in a turf may not be considered a serious problem, but each plant can produce thousands of seeds (Figure 14-7).